HPE Alletra Storage Reviews

My main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is VMware.

The fast performance has benefited our organization. 

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I prefer most are the copy of virtual volumes. These features benefit my organization by providing fast performance and low latency.

GreenLake AI Ops does not enable me to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations.

The solution has reduced my data management operation expenses by around 40%. The solution has helped reduce the time I spend on capacity planning by approximately 70%.

I assess HPE Alletra Storage's capacity and efficiency positively as postive. It helped me reduce the volume data with high deduplication and compaction of data every day. HPE Alletra Storage could help my organization hire tiered storage to improve performance.

What stood out in my evaluation process was the payment by credit card. 

HPE Alletra Storage does not provide a cloud-like operational model on-premises for managing data infrastructure. In the next release, the diagnostic application for use on another storage provider should be included.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for three years.

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with HPE Alletra Storage.

HPE Alletra Storage scales with the growing needs of my organization; at the moment, the size is adequate as we have not increased yet.

Technical support is very helpful, especially during deployments. 

I selected HPE Alletra Storage since I was not using another solution to address similar needs.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as very easy, as the technician made the process simple to complete.

I have seen a return on investment with HPE Alletra Storage. The data points of my return on investment include the protection for mission-critical operations and IT infrastructure, better performance, and the assurance of a good investment.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very high last year. That said, the HPE Alletra Storage product is very good.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I considered upgrading it with more memory, which I believe would be better.

The advice I would give to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to look at your personal requirements and ensure stability. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a six.

My main use case is that I'm on the technology stack for a rehabilitation company.

The feature of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most is the GreenLake suite one-stop shop. 

It has benefited my organization by allowing us to reduce our licensing costs from VMware from about 170,000 to about 70,000. Our footprint has reduced from 14 hosts to 6 hosts.

HPE Alletra Storage could be improved with greater compatibility of the HPE KVM or VM hypervisor with our other products, which would allow us to migrate off of VMware.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for three months.

I assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as very good; we've had it for three months and we haven't had any downtime yet.

It should scale with the growing needs of my organization; we haven't had to grow it yet.

My evaluation of customer service and technical support has been good just on the initial setup; we haven't had to call for support for any reason.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, we were using Dell vSAN, and the biggest reason for changing was that the hardware was getting older and we wanted to reduce licensing costs.

I would describe my experience deploying HPE Alletra Storage as super easy.

Everything worked well during the deployment. The engineer from HPE provided great white-glove service and was able to deploy it easily for us.

We will see an ROI with HPE Alletra Storage. It was just implemented three months ago, so it will take time, but just on licensing costs we expect returns.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage was good—the whole gamut was impressive pricing.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I considered mostly Nutanix. HPE just had a greater growth opportunity than Nutanix.

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to make the move. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

My main use cases for HPE Alletra Storage are that it houses our data center and all of our VMs.

The features of HPE Alletra Storage that I prefer most are that it's fast and reliable. The reliability of HPE Alletra Storage provides us with uptime, and speed allows us to get things done quicker, which is the biggest impact for us.

In terms of how HPE Alletra Storage can be improved, I can't think of anything right now because it's providing everything we need at this moment.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for six months.

There have been no crashes or performance issues with HPE Alletra Storage. I would assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as excellent, with 100% uptime over six months.

I believe that HPE Alletra Storage would scale with the growing needs of our organization if we need it, but we haven't had to scale it yet. We haven't expanded usage of HPE Alletra Storage yet.

I would evaluate customer service and technical support for HPE Alletra Storage as excellent. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give customer service and technical support a 10 because when we need them, they're there, and they helped us set it up.

Positive

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, I was using the HPE Nimble for similar needs. The factors that led me to consider changing from the HPE Nimble to HPE Alletra Storage were performance, which was number one, and the fact that the Nimble was five years old.

I would say that HPE Alletra Storage has not reduced my data management operation expenses at this time, because we aren't probably leveraging it as much as we could.

I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage, but I was involved in the setup.

With an ROI from HPE Alletra Storage based on uptime, I can't give dollar-wise specifics, but for the six months so far, it's been available 100% of the time.

I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup costs, and licensing of HPE Alletra Storage.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, I was involved with Nimble. I don't think we really looked at much else. 

In the evaluation process between HPE Alletra Storage and Nimble, the positives are that HPE Alletra is faster and more reliable, while the only con might be the price, but it's not priced that badly compared to everything else.

I haven't had any support issues with HPE Alletra Storage, so I don't know whether GreenLake enables assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. 

My advice to other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage is to buy it. 

I rate HPE Alletra Storage 10 out of 10.

My main use case for the HPE Alletra Storage is storage for VMware.

The features of the HPE Alletra Storage benefit my organization by providing space saving through dedupe.

As it's a storage solution, I appreciate many features. The dedupe is amazing. 

I assess the HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as solid; it's working.

HPE Alletra Storage provides a cloud-like operational model on-prem around managing data infrastructure, and it's very effective because of cost savings and ease of finding information. Since I am using on-premise, there isn't a public or hybrid cloud provider involved.

I have no improvements or suggestions for additional features for the next release of the HPE Alletra Storage at the moment.

I have been using the HPE Alletra Storage for two years.

I assess the stability of the HPE Alletra Storage as excellent; I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

The HPE Alletra Storage scales effectively with the growing needs of my organization.

I evaluate my customer service and technical support experience as very good.

Prior to adopting the HPE Alletra Storage, I was using HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR to address similar needs.

I have not seen a return on investment with the HPE Alletra Storage.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of the HPE Alletra Storage is that it's competitive.

Before selecting the HPE Alletra Storage, we considered other solutions, including HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR, but as we are an HPE shop, we consolidated both solutions.

My advice to another organization considering the HPE Alletra Storage is to just buy it. It's hard to tell if the solution has reduced my data management operations expenses. 

It hasn't been discussed yet regarding capacity planning; we haven't used it for that, as it's just two years old. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the HPE Alletra Storage a ten.

HPE Alletra Storage is being used for systems for online banking transactions. We have sold this to the main bank that connects with all other banks, and the transactions occur in real-time.

HPE Alletra Storage comes with zero downtime, which is its best feature. It has real-time replication available, so no additional features need to be bought when purchasing the system. It can be cost-effective in this sense, with no extra cost for the customer to own any services. 

HPE Alletra Storage supports up to five petabytes, which is enormous. It simplifies storage operations such as provisioning and day-to-day management. It is a one-window operation, making it easy to manage.

The user interface, configuration, and customization could be improved, though the configuration is currently very easy. Even the migration from one platform to HPE Alletra Storage is very smooth. 

Pricing could be optimized, as it is always a challenge. The competition offers some storage solutions at lower prices, making the cost a significant factor.

We have been working with HPE for approximately 25-26 years.

Some users of HPE Alletra Storage mention that they would prefer higher scalability, although it is generally good.

We have recently sold a lower model of HPE Alletra Storage, but its performance is good. We are in the process of selling them the top-of-the-line HPE Alletra Storage 10000 series, B10000. Once it is installed, we can gather customer feedback, but at the moment, they are satisfied with the lower model as their operational requirements are not as demanding. The next phase project is called a micro payment gateway. For this, they have to perform a tech refresh, and they are opting for a higher model of HPE Alletra Storage B10000. This choice was made because they are satisfied with the lower models they are currently using. They are comfortable with the software as a service that HPE Alletra Storage offers.

HPE technical support is very good, and the customer service is rated 10 out of 10.

Positive

HPE 3PAR is not upgradable anymore, so it is being replaced with the HPE Alletra Storage C40 model. Other solutions, such as Dell PowerStore and Data Domain, have also been sold.

Its price can be optimized. The cost before deployment is significant to customers, but post-deployment cost analysis is not common.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a ten out of ten.

The clients' use case for HPE Alletra Storage is mainly for banks and telco companies, which are mostly the sectors who use this solution.

HPE Alletra Storage helps simplify storage operations. One of the strong points of HPE is its friendly UI, which is super easy, and users can have a short tutorial and start working on it.

HPE Alletra Storage provides predictable performance and capacity for applications. This prediction may not be entirely accurate, as it's more about prediction, but it gives insights about the average compression and some statistics on the stored data.

The main benefits people receive from HPE Alletra Storage include saving money, as its price compared to other high-end storage is competitive, and it's easy to manage, with an uptime availability of almost 99.999. While all storage boxes must be available at that level, I haven't encountered any issues with it.

The most valuable features in HPE Alletra Storage that I have found are the compression and deduplication, along with the availability of the storage box. In the last two years, I haven't received any negative feedback about it from customers.

HPE can improve HPE Alletra Storage by adding some features to be available from the offline GUI, especially related to snapshots and taking a snapshot for the whole storage, as some customers need this feature. This feature is available in Dell storage but not in IBM storage and Alletra Storage, and it's available from the Data Lake for snapshotting the whole environment at once.

I have been working with HPE Alletra Storage for almost two years.

It's very stable. I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.

It's easy to scale. I have performed many scale-ups and scale-outs successfully. I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability.

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage's technical support a nine out of ten. I don't give the full mark for any vendor or any product, as if you're the best, you don't need to improve. Before I joined HPE, I was a customer, and I raised tickets, which were solved easily, and the support representatives were very helpful. This was one of the reasons I joined this company.

Positive

I have worked with other vendors and products before I joined HPE, including IBM Storage, all-flash FS9000, and A9000, and the efficiency is almost the same. It holds up competitively.

The capacity and efficiency of HPE Alletra Storage are good. I am satisfied with HPE Alletra Storage's capacity efficiency as it performs deduplication and compression with a good ratio.

The initial setup for HPE Alletra Storage is very simple. If you do the prerequisites correctly, you can complete it in a few minutes. It all revolves around the prerequisites, such as ensuring the ports are opened and the account for the Data Lake is created correctly.

The main competitor in the market for HPE Alletra Storage is Dell Storage, as they are selling at a low price. Dell Storage PowerMax VMAX is a competitor, alongside Dell and IBM storage, though IBM storage might be more competitive.

It is helpful to integrate HPE Alletra Storage with HPE GreenLake, but not all customers have integrated it with HPE GreenLake, as there are some regulations here to connect the storage boxes to the cloud. However, a few customers have integrated it to get all the features available on HPE GreenLake and some statistics and insights. 

I would rate HPE Alletra Storage a nine out of ten.

Our main use case for HPE Alletra Storage is that we are running Cumulo software on it.

The feature of HPE Alletra Storage that I appreciate the most is manageability. 

This solution has reduced our data management operation expenses, though I don't have exact numbers regarding how much it has reduced our data management and operation expenses. 

HPE Alletra Storage has helped reduce the time I spend on capacity planning; we are easily able to expand the storage whenever we want to. It has reduced the time I spend on capacity planning by about 50%.

I don't have any suggestions on how HPE Alletra Storage can be improved. I have no complaints. I don't have any additional features I want to see in future releases. I don't see anything that would be a perfect world kind of idea for improvement.

HPE Alletra does not really provide a cloud-like operational model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. The limitation is that we cannot really downscale HPE Alletra Storage, even if we are running on the GreenLake; that's the nature of the storage.

I have been using HPE Alletra Storage for two years already.

I have experienced no issues yet, so I assess the stability and reliability of HPE Alletra Storage as 100%. So far, we have had no downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

We haven't scaled yet, but I suppose we will be by the end of this year.

I haven't used customer service and technical support yet since there was no issue. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate customer service and technical support as a ten; I hope it will be good.

Prior to adopting HPE Alletra Storage, we've been using ProLiant before, also running a Cumulo cluster, but it was not over the GreenLake; it was just classical financing.

I would describe my experience with deploying HPE Alletra Storage as quite easy; the Cumulo cluster was deployed in a couple of hours.

Before selecting HPE Alletra Storage, we've been quoting Quantum. They didn't meet our technical expectations. 

What stood out to me in my evaluation process, both positive and negative, when comparing these options was definitely the price, and we were looking for high throughput and variability of network services since we are a specific industry, the VFX industry. Scalability definitely led us to consider a change, as did cost and performance as we are running full-flash HPE Alletra Storage.

We are not really benefiting from the features of HPE Alletra Storage directly; we are benefiting mostly from the benefits of the Cumulo software we are running on it. 

We are not using GreenLake AI Ops, so it does not enable us to get assistance from senior support engineers without having to go through support escalations. 

I would definitely advise other organizations considering HPE Alletra Storage to choose the GreenLake financing since the direct financing for us was not really effective. 

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a ten.

We primarily use the solution for virtual machines and hypervisors. We use it mainly in data centers. 

The solution has provided us with a solution that is reliable and cost-effective. 

The reliability is very good. 

It's cost-efficient compared to other competitors. We noted the cost-benefit almost immediately. The reliability and consistency benefits that we appreciate took a few months to appear.

We've also used the solution InfoSight with this product.

The guarantee of data availability is very important to us, and this solution is very good in that regard. We store transactional data on it. 

The capacity efficiency is excellent. 

Its ledger helps us simplify storage operations such as provisioning and day-to-day management. 

The solution provides us with a cloud-like operation model on-prem for managing data infrastructure. We were planning on moving to the cloud. However, this has given us a good alternative. We get to own everything yet keep our data center. It helps mitigate security complications that come with the cloud and also helps with latency issues with networking.

It provides predictable performance and capacity for applications without sacrificing data integrity. It's helped us reduce the time we spend on capacity planning. It's also less complicated to manage than the alternatives. It's also been able to reduce our data management operation expenses by possibly around 10%.

The energy usage could be further improved. Generally speaking, if it uses less energy than the alternatives, it would be great.

I've been using the solution for two years. 

The stability is good; it's better than the industry standard.

While I can't say for sure if the solution provides modular, non-disruptive capabilities to scale up and scale out, my understanding is that it does. 

We've only talked to technical support once. They were very good. 

Positive

We have also used Pure, and offerings from Dell and NetApp. There were some features from Pure that are helpful.

The learning curve on the deployment is a bit high. That said, overall, it was relatively easy. We had three people involved in the setup on the storage side and then on the backroom side, we had about eight people, so we had 11 people in total working on the product. It took a couple of months to fully deploy. While it does require monitoring, there isn't much maintenance needed. 

We generally handled the solution in-house with some help from HP. 

We're a customer and end-user. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

New users should first do their homework and lay out what their needs are before they jump in and make a purchasing choice.